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| When Winter Fell by Lindelea | 3 Review(s) |
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| Larner | Reviewed Chapter: 41 on 5/1/2026 |
| Aha! Bilbo has alerted them as to the danger! Bless the Brandybucks, more practical than the Tooks, who are willing to retell stories that could stir fear thought inappriate for children and thus prepare them to recognize dangers when they see them. | |
| Erulissé | Reviewed Chapter: 41 on 4/29/2026 |
| Ahhhhhhhhh!!! Wow! This is so well written! Even though I knew this was coming it still completely surprised me. I was just as scared as Bilbo that they wouldn't hear him. The suspense is killing me! Thanks for the update! Cheers! | |
| shirebound | Reviewed Chapter: 41 on 4/27/2026 |
| Oh my goodness, how brilliant of Bilbo to remember that, and force himself to let loose the whistling alarm. Eeeee, wolves! Author Reply: Yikes! The Professor left such clues as to what his characters (might have) experienced over their lifetimes, but some of them sound terrifying! The Brandybucks were blowing the Horn-call of Buckland, that had not been sounded for a hundred years, not since the white wolves came in the Fell Winter, when the Brandywine was frozen over. The day I looked at the Tale of Years and realized that Bilbo lived through the Fell Winter was the day this story germinated and began to grow... And now all the pieces are coming together: Isengar (who went to sea in his youth but has a recorded death-date, and how would that be unless he'd come back to tell the tale?), the Tooks, the Bagginses, and even the Brandybucks (in Bilbo's memories, if not in person at this point in the story). Along with the White Wolves crossing the frozen-over Brandywine River. (And Fortinbras's journal will pop up again, for his story is not yet finished.) Thanks so much for responding with a review! I feel quite encouraged. (You recently mentioned a couple of your old stories in a review for Larner, if I'm remembering right, so I've been a bit distracted the past few days, but now I'm back to polishing draft chapters of the current WIPs and posting them on (some sort of) schedule. I will do my best to balance reading with writing... I tend to be such an all-or-nothing person, which has some good points as well as bad. For the past few days, I've been reading on my phone, but I'll revisit your stories on my laptop and type in some reviews since I can't seem to resist expressing the thoughts and/or feelings that arise when I'm reading satisfying fanfic.) (Don't mind me, if you please; I think I ate too much chocolate today. But Bill the Pony's next chapter ought to be posted tomorrow sometime. I can only handle so much excitement in one day.) | |